Michael R Hasselberg

MichaelRHasselberg

Mr. Hasselberg represents highly compensated and high net worth individuals and spouses of highly compensated and high net worth individuals, including business owners, executives, sports and media figures, physicians, attorneys, accountants, farmers and large land owners in matrimonial matters involving the division of multi-million dollar marital estates throughout the State of Illinois.

MICHAEL R. HASSELBERG attended the University of Illinois and received his Bachelor's degree in 1968 and his Master's degree in 1972. He graduated from John Marshall Law School in 1975. Mike is a member of the Peoria County and Illinois State Bar Associations, Abraham Lincoln Inn of Court and the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Mike was President of the Abraham Lincoln Inn of Court from 1997 to 1998. He was admitted to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers in 1990. Mike has been selected by his peers as a "Leading Lawyer" in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 in Illinois in the area of family law as noted by the Leading Lawyers Network. Mike was in the United States Army from 1968 to 1971. He was an Airborne and Ranger Qualified Infantry Officer and served with the 101st Airborne Division in the Republic of Vietnam from 1970 to 1971.

Areas of Practice

100% Family Law

Marital Matters Involving High Income Families and Large Marital Estates

Divorce

Parenting Plans

Allocation of Parental Responsibilities: Decision Making

Allocation of Parental Responsibilities: Parenting Time

Grandparent Visitation

Child Support

Maintenance

Child Support and Maintenance Scenarios

College Expenses

Maintenance Cases Involving Complex Executive Compensation

Cases Involving the Employee Spouse

Budgeting, Financial Affidavits, and Lifestyle Analysis

Assignment of Non-Marital Property

Division of Marital Property

Valuation of Businesses and Business Interests

Valuation of Franchise Operations

Buy-Sell Agreements versus Fair Market Value

Division of Pensions

Qualified Domestic Relation Orders

Division of Stock Options (SAR's, RSU's, NQ's and ISO's)

Hidden Asset and Dissipation Analysis

Tax Consequences of Divorce (IRC 1041)

Estate Planning Attendant to Divorce

Prenuptial Agreements

Post-Nuptial Agreements

Pre-Divorce Planning

Post Divorce Planning and Education

Second Opinions

Litigation Percentage

100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

Illinois, 1975

U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1979

U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1979

U.S. Supreme Court, 1979

Education

John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois

Juris Doctor - 1975

University of Illinois

Master's Degree - 1972

University of Illinois

Bachelor's Degree - 1968

Classes/Seminars

Continuing Legal Education Seminars, Peoria County Bar Association

Law Office Management and Marketing, Peoria County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Series Family Law, 2001

Income, Property or Both, Our Appellate Court's Efforts to Help Define and Apply Said Terms Under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act Pursuant to Sections 503, 504 and 505, Peoria County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Series Family Law, 2008

Maintenance 2008 - The Interrelationship of Sections 503, 504 and 513 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, Analysis of our Appellate Court's Decisions in Reynard II, Bratcher, Heroy and Other Cases and Their Implications with Respect to the Award of Maintenance, in the Future. Peoria County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Series Family Law, 2009

Past Employment Positions

Languages

English

Fraternities/Sororities

Alpha Tau Omega

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